How to Make Drapes From Duvet Covers
Duvet covers can be used to make drapes suitable for use in any room. Duvets are intended as finished bed looks, so they are often made from fabrics that would never be used as bedsheets, such as textured silks or damasks. Unlike the often used flat bedsheet, duvets are pocketed and so work great as room-darkening drapes. Taken apart, the pocket is additional fabric, saving you the cost of buying expensive fabrics or ready-made drapes. Does this Spark an idea?
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Measure your window, both length and width, and record these measurements. Visit a bedding store and select the duvet cover you'd like to use as drapes. Remember that king-size duvets provide more fabric and can cover more windows. King-size duvets are also marked on sale more often than other sizes. Inexpensive duvets tend to have the same fabric on both sides of the pocket, while more expensive duvets may have a fine top fabric and a high-quality but different underfabric.
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Remove the duvet zipper, if one is present, using a seam ripper, or detach the buttons used as closures for the duvet. Decide if you want to separate the duvet into halves at this point. If a zipper was used as the duvet closure, the two halves will be about the same length. If buttons were used, the under fabric will be about 4 inches shorter than the top fabric. Turn the duvet inside out to stitch the now buttonless panels together if you choose to have one large panel.
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Decide what kind of drapes you want to create from your duvet fabric. The simplest drape to make from a duvet is a top-pocketed drape that is threaded onto a curtain rod. Measure your duvet fabric, either as an intact pocketed duvet or separated into two fabric panels.
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Determine if you have enough fabric for the number of windows you want to drape. Add an additional 8 inches to the window's length, four on either end, for rod pockets and hemming. Depending on the size of the window, you may need to measure and cut the fabric into single curtain panels for each window. Stitch the open curtain ends closed using a sewing machine. Use a simple straight stitch to close the edge, and then turn under a half-inch side hem on each panel.
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Turn the top end of the fabric under 4 inches, and hem to create a rod pocket capable of threading onto most curtain rod sizes. Iron your duvet drapes to remove any wrinkles, and press down all hems to give a crisp, finished look.
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